Failure of mebendazole in treatment of human hookworm infections in the southern region of Mali

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-30

  De Clercq, Dick ^a   Sacko, Moussa ^a   Behnke, Jerzy ^b   Gilbert, Francis ^b   Dorny, Pierre ^c   Vercruysse, Jozef ^c  

^a Inst Natl de Rech en S Publique   (Mali)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; HOOKWORM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS;

EID: 0030797492     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.25     Document Type: Article

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